8 a.m. update: Current drive times

Officials have opened the ramp from westbound 494 to 24th Avenue following a violent crash that required extrication of the vehicle's occupants. Traffic was jammed approaching the scene is starting to loosen.

Westbound Crosstown is slow and go from 28th Avenue over to Hwy. 100. That is now at 15 minutes.

Drive times are rising on crammed northbound 35W from Hwy. 13 to the Minnesota River bridge and on northbound Hwy. 169 from Hwy. 101 up to Anderson Lakes Pkwy. The good news, the delays are not as horrible as earlier in the week.

Reminder that roads in the Lake Harriet area are off limits as President Obama makes an appearance. Then, prepare for freeway shut downs as he heads back to the MSP Airport later this morning.